R.I.P. SPORTS RELATED 2023(Non Wrestlers) (*)

[TTX]

Sal Bando..a name I've seen at least. RIP as Jim Reaper is extra busy already this year.

[on_the_edge]

I think he put in an express lane this year.

[jimsteel]

Jan 21, 2023 18:00:47 GMT -5 on_the_edge said:

I think he put in an express lane this year.

Looks like it

[jimsteel]

Gwen Knapp, Sportswriter Who Looked at the Big Picture, Dies at 61

She was well known in the San Francisco area for focusing on subjects like racism, sexism and drugs, in columns that sometimes angered sports stars.

[jimsteel]

Brian Perry, a former left-wing in the NHL and the WHA, passed away at the age of 78.

Perry played in the National Hockey League with the Oakland Seals and Buffalo Sabres, as well as in the World Hockey Association with the New York Raiders, New York Golden Blades, Jersey Knights, and San Diego Mariners. Perry was born in Aldershot, England, but grew up in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
In his NHL career, Perry played in 96 games, scoring 16 goals and adding 29 assists. In the WHA, he played in 145 games, scoring 33 goals and adding 31 assists. The highlight of Brian's NHL career came on 19 February 1969. Playing for the Oakland Seals, Brian scored a hat trick in a 5–2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks in Oakland.

[Bazzy]

Rugby league referee Fred Lindop aged 84 in 1970/80's has died R.I.P

[TTX]

RIP to those who have passed.

[jimsteel]

AMATEUR BOXER DONOVAN GARCIA
DEAD AT 15
... After Car Accident

[jimsteel]

Jesse Lemonier, a former linebacker in the NFL, passed away at the age of 25 as announced by the Detroit Lions

Lemonier was a college player for Liberty University before he signed with the Los Angeles Chargers as an undrafted free agent following the 2020 NFL Draft on April 26, 2020. He was waived during final roster cuts on September 5, 2020, and signed to the team's practice squad the next day. He was promoted to the active roster on September 26, 2020. Lemonier was waived on October 24, 2020, and re-signed to the practice squad four days later, after which he was promoted back to the active roster on November 7 but waived on November 28, 2020 before being re-signed to the practice squad four days later. Lemonier was then elevated to the active roster on December 17 for the team's week 15 game against the Las Vegas Raiders, and reverted to the practice squad after the game. He was signed to the active roster on December 26, 2020.

On September 2, 2021, Lemonier was signed to the Detroit Lions' practice squad and was promoted to the active roster on October 6. The Lions then waived on May 16, 2022. He appeared in 13 games during his NFL career.

He caught on with several NFL teams but never appeared in another NFL game and then was in the process of pursuing a career in the USFL.

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Gary Peters, a former MLB pitcher who played on two major league teams for 14 seasons from 1959 through 1972 passed away at the age of 85.

The White Sox announced his death on Thursday but didn't provide further details. He was one of the best-hitting pitchers of his era.

The Chicago White Sox signed Peters as an amateur free agent in 1956 after he graduated from Grove City College. After four brief call-ups, he got a pitching job on the White Sox in 1963, winning 19 games (19-8) and the American League Rookie of the Year Award. A left-handed pitcher, he led the American League in earned run average in 1963 and 1966, with the most wins in 1964. In 1965, he was limited by a bad back. Tommy John, who lived with him part of the year, recalled that Peters had to sleep on a mattress on the floor and could not stand up straight in the morningsHe led in fielding average as a pitcher in 1968. He stayed with the White Sox organization through the 1969 season and was traded to the Boston Red Sox, where he spent the last three years of his playing career.

Peters was named to the American League All-Star roster in 1964 and 1967, and finished in the top 10 in the Most Valuable Player voting in 1963, 1964, and 1967. He had a .222 lifetime batting average, and hit 19 home runs and 102 RBI. He was frequently used as a pinch-hitter, once winning a game with a pinch-hit home run. On May 5, 1968, Peters hit a grand slam at Comiskey Park, helping the White Sox to a 5-1 victory over the New York Yankees. He was also used as a pinch-runner.

Peters was a big practical joker. Once, when the White Sox went to play the Los Angeles Angels, they found themselves at the same hotel as the Yankees, who had not left for their next destination yet. Obtaining the key to Joe Pepitone's room, Peters snuck into the hitter's room in the middle of the night and started jumping on the bed and screaming, scaring the hitter tremendously until Pepitone finally got the lights turned on and figured out what had happened. Another time, he caught a baby octopus while skindiving and threw it at Ed Stroud in the locker room the next day.

On September 30, 2000, the Chicago White Sox announced that Gary Peters and 26 other former and active White Sox players were members of the Chicago White Sox All-Century Team.

Peters' played on the following MLB teams:

Chicago White Sox (1959–1969)
Boston Red Sox (1970–1972)

During his career Peters won 124 games and lost 103 while sporting a sparkling 3.25 ERA.